Match Day

On March 18, 2016, 161 University of Michigan medical students found out their destinies. As part of a massive national ritual called Match Day, they and their fellow near-doctors learned which residency program they "matched" to. That’s where they’ll spend the next three to seven years of their lives training to learn a particular specialty and prepare to practice on their own. More than 500 friends, family and professors joined the U-M Medical School students in celebrating their matches in a gathering at U-M’s North Campus Research Complex. Photos by Daryl Marshke of Michigan Photography.